Method of Auditory Training and a Hearing Aid System

1. A method of auditory training, comprising the steps of: providing in a graphical user interface a first arrangement comprising a first, second and third box positioned at a first, second and third location respectively, wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to activate a box, to launch the playing of an auditory sequence of notes from a musical scale, and wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to select, and move and drop a box, prompting the user to re-arrange the location of at least one box, wherein said first, second and third boxes are configured such that they share a musical characteristic, wherein said musical characteristic is selected from a group comprising the selected notes from a musical scale, the type of instrument used to provide the notes, the sequential order of the notes and the duration of the notes, and wherein the graphical appearance of said boxes is adapted such that re-arrangement by the user will require the user to activate said boxes, and listen to the provided auditory sequences to identify sound patterns distinguishing the boxes, to consider similarities of the sound patterns and to move a box into a position where the sound pattern of the box shares similarities with the sound patterns of the neighboring boxes.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising the step of: providing a second arrangement of said boxes in the graphical user interface, prior to prompting the user to re-arrange, wherein at least one of said first, second and third boxes have been moved away from a first location and to a second location, hereby leaving an empty space at said first location.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein an additional box has been added to a fifth location.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said first arrangement of boxes provided by the graphical user interface comprises between 6 and 64 boxes arranged in a matrix like structure.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the boxes of said first arrangement are configured such that they share a first musical characteristic along the rows of the matrix like structure and such that they share a second musical characteristic along the columns of the matrix like structure.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising the step of: evaluating the response of the user to said prompting.

7. The method according to claim 6 , comprising the step of: adjusting the difficulty level of the auditory training based on the user response.

8. The method according to claim 6 , comprising the step of: providing feedback to the user, with respect to how successful the auditory training has been, based on an evaluation of the user responses.

9. The method according to claim 1 , comprising the step of: providing feedback to the user as to whether the box has been moved to the correct position.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein said method is executed by a hearing aid system.

11. A hearing aid system comprising a hearing aid and a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface providing a first arrangement comprising a first, second and third box positioned at a first, second and third location respectively, wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to activate a box to launch the playing by said hearing aid of a respective auditory sequence of notes from a musical scale, wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to select, and move and drop a box, wherein each of said first, second and third boxes is associated with a particular auditory sequence, the respective auditory sequences being distinguished, yet sharing some musical characteristics, in order to suggest to the user a meaningful ranking among the boxes in accordance with the auditory sequences, said musical characteristics being selected from a group comprising selected notes from a musical scale, type of musical instrument used to provide the notes, sequential order of the notes and duration of the notes, and wherein the graphical user interface is adapted to prompt the user to activate said boxes to play respective auditory sequences, to listen to the auditory sequences, to compare sound patterns of respective auditory sequences and consider rankings among them, and to move at least one box into a position where auditory sequences of neighboring boxes together provide a meaningful pattern.

12. The hearing aid system according to claim 11 , comprising at least one hearing aid and an auxiliary device selected from the group comprising at least a hearing aid remote control, a smart phone, a tablet computer and a personal digital assistant.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying computer-executable instructions, which when executed in a personal communication device provides auditory training of a hearing impaired person, according to a method comprising the steps of: providing in a graphical user interface a first arrangement comprising a first, second and third box positioned at a first, second and third location respectively, wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to activate a box, to launch the playing of an auditory sequence of notes from a musical scale, and wherein said graphical user interface is adapted to enable a user to select, and move and drop a box, prompting the user to re-arrange the location of at least one box, wherein said first, second and third boxes are configured such that they share a musical characteristic, wherein said musical characteristic is selected from a group comprising the selected notes from a musical scale, the type of instrument used to provide the notes, the sequential order of the notes and the duration of the notes, and wherein the graphical appearance of said boxes is adapted such that re-arrangement by the user will require the user to activate said boxes, and listen to the provided auditory sequences to identify sound patterns distinguishing the boxes, to consider similarities of the sound patterns and to move a box into a position where the sound pattern of the box shares similarities with the sound patterns of the neighboring boxes.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein interaction with a hearing aid is provided by adapting the computer-readable storage medium to provide the acoustical output of the auditory training to a user of said hearing aid by using an electrical-acoustical output transducer of the hearing aid to provide sound to said hearing impaired person.